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Thermal dynamics of P2-Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode materials for sodium ion batteries studied by in situ analysis

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Layered Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 is an attractive cathode material for sodium ion batteries. The thermal stability of cathode materials is crucial to their practical applications. In this work, we investigate structural and morphological evolution in layered P2-type Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode materials during annealing via in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Insights are obtained from two complementary in situ characterizations (at different length scales) in terms of the thermal stability of P2-Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode materials. The results indicate that the hexagonal P2 phase remains unchanged during the heat-treatment process, and thermally driven expansion/contraction of the lattice parameters exhibits an anisotropic change in the a and c directions. In addition, interfaces/grain boundaries play an important role in the structural stability, which leads to the distinct morphological evolution between the polycrystalline and single-crystal particles.

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In situ high-energy XRD evolution of pristine Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode during heating–warming–cooling processes and corresponding lattice parameters evolution.

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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences program under Award Number DE-SC0019121. Use of the Center for Nanoscale Materials and Advanced Photon Source, both DOE Office of Science user facility, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.

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  1. Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 83725, USA

    Dewen Hou, Eric Gabriel, Kincaid Graff, Zihongbo Wang & Hui Xiong

  2. Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    Dewen Hou & Yuzi Liu

  3. X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA

    Tianyi Li

  4. Department of Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Yang Ren

  5. Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho Falls, ID, 83401, USA

    Hui Xiong

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Hou, D., Gabriel, E., Graff, K. et al. Thermal dynamics of P2-Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 cathode materials for sodium ion batteries studied by in situ analysis. Journal of Materials Research 37, 1156–1163 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00519-z

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